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In a salient lesson to everyone on complex software projects, one yards latest attempt to build an innovative new car ferry has been a financial and political d
by squigg 2y ago
In a salient lesson to everyone on complex software projects, one yards latest attempt to build an innovative new car ferry has been a financial and political disaster - move fast and break things doesn't work very well with ship design! It's almost finished and doing regular sea trials at the moment to find the last bugs .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Glen_Sannox_(2017) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Glen_Sannox_(2017)
- pjc50 2y agoThere's a real sad lesson for everyone involved here; enough patriotism was built up to support the idea of giving Scottish shipbuilding one last go, to bridge into the 21st century, and Ferguson Marine dropped the ball so hard that it's not coming back.